Match-safe



(No Modefi.) r J. K. ROBINSON.

MATCH SAFE.

No. 400,488. i l 1288811888888 z, 1889.

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JOHN K. ROBINSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MATcH-SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,488, dated April 2, 1889.

Application iiled November 14, 1887. Serial No. 255,164. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, JOHN K. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, 1n the county of Cook and State of Illino1s, have invented a new and useful Improyement in Match-Safes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a match box or safe with a receptacle for stubs or burned matches, so constructed as to permit the burned matchestobe readilyremoved witho ut detaching the safe or box from its position on the wall or elsewhere; and my invention consists in the features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved match-safe; Fig. 2, a vertical section taken in line of Fig. l, also showing in dotted lines the position of the hinged portion when down, and F1g. 3 an enlarged section taken in line y y of Fig. 2.

A is the box or receptacle for matches, and c the cover or lid thereof; B, the receptacle for stubs or burned matches; C, the hinged portion formingthe front and bottom of the burned match receptacle; D, lugs 011 the hinged portion; E, recesses in the sides of the burned-match receptacle into which the lugs of the hinged portion fit, and F a plate, preferably of metal, to which both the receptacles are attached.

To construct my improved match-safe,I take a plate of metal, preferably having a hole or holes therein for attaching it to the wall or other suitable place, and to this plate I securely attach a receptacle for unused matches, and at a proper distance below or `at the side thereof a receptacle for the burned stubs, the two receptacles being, preferably, of metal.

The plate and iirst receptacle being well known, I do not consider it necessary to describe them more particularly.

The receptacle for burned matches is constructed with a curved portion, which forms both its front and bottom, and which is hinged at its lower edge, so as to allow of its dropping down when it is desired to empty the burned matches. This hinged portion is held up and in place by lugs, preferably near its top, which are pressed or sprung into recesses in the sides y of the stub-receptacle, where they are held by little flanges or ears fitting over or behind their shoulders. 4 One of these lugs is placed at each side, and they are so shaped as to be easily pushed into or pulled out from their respective recesses, so that, while capable of holding the hinged portion up, they are also adapted to allow it to be opened to drop down by the exercise of a little force or pulling. v

When it is desired to empty the stubs or burned matches, the hinged portion is pulled open, as above suggested, and this of course allows of their free falling or passage into any vessel or receptacle held in place to receive them. In order to permit them to be readily caught, it is necessary that the falling stubs be directed Outward from the wall, and this is one of the objects I have in view in making the hinged portion curved, as above described, to form a chute to direct the falling stubs outwardly from the wall into the vessel intended to receive them. The burned matches being thus emptied, the hinged portion is again raised and closed and, as before, held in place by the lugs fitting in the depressions above mentioned.

It is obvious that various changes in construction and in arrangement or relative position of the two receptacles maybe madeas, for instance, the two receptacles may be placed side by side instead of one below the other-and I do not, therefore, wish to be un derstoodas limiting myself to special features or details of construction.

I am aware of the Dawson patent of March 2l, 187 6; but my invention diit'ers from the construction therein shown, in that it has no sliding door, but a front and bottom adapted to fall and form a chute to permit the stubs to be emptied.

I am also aware of the Kinsley patent of J une 27, 187 6; but my invention differs from the construction therein shown, in that it is always open for the reception of stubs, and its hinged front and bottom are formed from one piece and held up in position by lugs fitting int-o depressions in the sides of the receptacle.

I am also aware of the Hicks patent of July o', 1875; but my invention differs from the construction therein shown, in that my receptacle for stubs is formed of a bottom and IOO front piece pivotally connected with side pieces permanently attached to the back, instead of having a box in addition to the side pieces, and in that my front and bottom piece when down forms a sliding chute, discharging the match-stubs outwardly and downwardly.

I claiml. A match-safe comprising a receptacle for matches and a receptacle for stubs, the receptacle for stubs having its sides permanently connected with the back and having a hinged portion curved to form its front and bottom when closed, and a chute discharging the matchstubs forwardly and downwardly when opened, substantially as described.

J. K. ROBINSON.

Vitnesses:

ZPHRAIM BANNING, J. W. DYRENFORTH. 

